The Final Conflict

1981

Action / Horror

22
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 33% · 21 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 33% · 10K ratings
IMDb Rating 5.5/10 10 25439 25.4K

chicago, illinois london, england ambassador devil's son anti-christ demon

Plot summary

Damien Thorn has helped rescue the world from a recession, appearing to be a benign corporate benefactor. When he then becomes U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Damien fulfills a terrifying biblical prophecy. He also faces his own potential demise as an astronomical event brings about the second coming of Christ.

Director

Graham Baker Photo
Graham Baker

Top cast

Sam Neill Photo
Sam Neill as Damien Thorn
Louis Mahoney Photo
Louis Mahoney as Brother Paulo
Hazel Court Photo
Hazel Court as Champagne Woman At Hunt
Mason Adams Photo
Mason Adams as President
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
995.86 MB
1280*534
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 48 min
Seeds 8
2 GB
1920*800
English 5.1
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 48 min
Seeds 20

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by whatch-17931 6 / 10

Worth watching mainly for Sam Neill's Damien

Neill is very good here. Neill would go on to be one of those few actors with such a range that he can convincingly play the hero to literally the devil incarnate.Neill has some ear popping monologues with a statue of Jesus. It's so obnoxious that I'm half amazed it wasn't cut. It all strikes me as rather career threatening for an actor and I wonder if any American actor would have done it.But those scenes do help give this movie a bit of depth.The first Omen was great because the Thorns weren't sure if crazy supernatural things were occurring, or if they were just crazy. Unfortunately, this one, like Omen II mostly boil down to crazy death scenes.There's one major annoyance here... why does Damien believe the second coming will be a child*? He literally reads from the Bible. And the producers were well aware that was wrong, considering the display the relevant passages of the Bible.It's certainly not terrible, and has some effective horror scenes. Looked at simply as a horror movie, it's kind of an oddball, but it works. But considering the seemingly end of time apocalyptic stakes, not to mention closure of the three movie arc, it's lacking, and the world surrounding Damien seems surprisingly small.* I think the reason Damien decides to kill babies is obvious: the production wanted to do the baby killing thing.
Reviewed by AlsExGal 5 / 10

I wasn't expecting this to be great, but I was hoping it would be more fun

Firstly, it has a seemingly fool-proof concept: the Antichrist, now a successful corporate CEO, is appointed U.S. Ambassador to England, AND president of the UN youth council. It practically writes itself. But, no, social commentary isn't brought into it; he doesn't kill his way into the U.S. Presidency, and the country is never thrown into a third world war. And to think I believed in him! You think this might also present a good chance for some overacting- but, once again, only missed opportunities. It was quite talky; Damien plays it cool, and Sam Neill's performance mostly involved making sinister expressions (at which he's a natural, granted,) and, frankly, the big lines he delivers come out kind of funny-sounding when modulated through his fake American accent (he has one of these in Jurassic Park, too, but at least that role didn't call for any serious acting.) I blame the director more than my man Sam, but I've seen some pretty terrible movies salvaged by one good performance.Why, this film even let down my bloodlusting side. It opens with a nice, gruesome death, but subsequent killings are either too silly to even guffaw at, or just plain uninspired- especially the climax.
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